Improvement in chair-seats



lPETER BUCKLEY, OF BINGHAMTON, HIS RIGHT TO EDWARD M.

j NITEDV STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONEQHALF FITZ GERALD, OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHAIR-SEATS.

Specilication forming part of Letters Patent No. l '71,2 l2, datedDecember 21, 1875; application iled July 26, 1875.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER BUGKLEY, of Binghamton, Broome county, NewYork, have invented certain Improvements in Chair- Seats, whichimprovements are fully set forth in the following specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to arrange the material of the seat insuch a manner as torincrease the strength and durability ofthe work, toprevent it from sagging from use, and t0 facilitate the operation ofconstruction. It also has for its object to ohviate the. usualinequalities on the surface of' the seat and the use of less materialthan by the ordinary method.

lThe nature of my invention consists in the attachment of theWarp-strands to a pin which lies Aparallel with the frontend back roundsof the the seat-frame, which pin is secured to said rounds by windingaround them the material used for the Woof of the seat, by which meansthe ordinary binding-hoop is dispensed with, and the work left with amore even and agreeable surface.

Figure l in the accompanying drawing represents a chair seat, embodyingmy invention. Fig. 2 is a scat detached, with a section unfinished,showing the warp-strands, and the manner oftheir connection with thewarp-.pin and the woot'. Fig. js an inverted View of the same. Fig. 4 isone of the warp-strands detached from the position, as shown in Fig.

2, `by dotted lines marked R P.

pin (l, and extend far enough on the under side to be securely Woven inby the Woof b. The pin C extends parallel with, and to the full lengthof, the inside of the frame-rounds 5 a a, and is made of a piece of theround rattan, or it may be made of other and stronger material. For the'purpose of preserving the plane surface of the seat near the attachmentto the rounds a a I apply a parallel shoulder,

,'(not shown in the drawing,) which bears V'on the full length of theinside of the roundsa a. When the chair is bottomed the end of the woofb is secured to the post of the chairframe. The Warp-pin O is thenplaced in p0- sition, and the -woof Wound around it and the round a,binding them securely together to the required distance for theinsertion of the Warp-strand B, the end of which is then passed downbetween the pin C and the round a and lapped `under the seat. The Woofb` is then wound around the round a, separately, to the Width ofthewarp-strand B. The winding is then resumed, as at the commencement,until the strands are all placed in position on the front and backrounds of the seat, which is then woven by passing the Woof b transthework is nished. A seat formed inlthis manner has great strength anddurability, is very cheap in its construction, andhas an unusually planeandneat surface.

I am aware that there were Letters Patent granted to William G. Bulginfor improved chair-seat, dated June 7, 1870, No. 103,973, which issimilar in 'appearance to my invention, but entirely dii'erent inconstruction. I

patent.

Having thus-described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the warp-pin (l, warp- Vstrand B, consisting ofseparate pieces .for each passage across the seat, and Woof b,constructed as herein described, for the purpose set forth. y

PETER BUGKLEY.- Witnessesi P. P. ROGERS, J. G. ROBIE.

versely over and under the Warp-strands until therefore disclaim anydevices shown in said

